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[quote=Anonymous]Sigh....

1. Yes the article is sloppy, poorly articulated and not a quality piece of journalism which pretty much defines anything written in Bethesda Magazine.

2. Just because the article is poorly constructed, it doesn't mean that there is no problem. The author just did a bad job making his point. There was a study in the past within MCPS that found patterns with AA/Latino students being punished more harshly than white/asian students in the same school for the same infraction. This is meaningful data and does show racial bias playing a factor in discipline. Several years ago, Blair students did a piece several years ago about a day in the life at Blair. They showed how a black kid walking through the halls without a pass got into trouble while a white kid was just told to go back to class. This played out several more times in different examples. It is an issue and can often be much worse in schools where there are large numbers of low performing AA/Latino students and higher performing Whites/Asians.

3. The answer is not to stop enforcing school rules if a AA/Latino breaks them. The answer is not to make up a justice circle to treat bullying victims/attackers the same. The answer is not to pressure schools to not report incidents to take care of "optic". The answer is to address the problem! Institute some bias awareness training. Institute a review board that reviews individual incidents and the corresponding punishments. Do not just reward principals for just reporting out lower numbers of AA/Latino punishments. Don't incentivize the wrong behavior. MCPS principals are experts at giving the central office what they ask for and the central office needs to start thinking before asking for something that doesn't solve the problem. 
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